Omega Owners Forum
Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: humbucker on 02 August 2011, 23:07:36
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wanted to know if it had the plastic rod or the metal rod on the v6 omega gear linkage. they vary on the cavalier / calibras. thanks.
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Rob G ::) ::) ::) ::) ;)
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Any use?
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1309167389
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thanks pal, cant really see the linkage in those pics tho :(
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If you're talking about the rod between the bottom of the gearstick and the gearbox then all the ones I've seen are metal with pivot pins and nylon bushes at each end.
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this one is from an astra gte but shows the metal bar across the top of the linkage. on later vx's the metal bar was replaced for a plastic item that weakens over time. i wondered if the omega v6 had a metal rod or a plastic one:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/bartrum/Photo012.jpg)
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its metal :y
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excellent thanks for confirmaton. the metal rod should help with the strain of pulling a caravan. ;D
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excellent thanks for confirmaton. the metal rod should help with the strain of pulling a caravan. ;D
Slightly worried about where you're hitching your van :D
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I'm fairly sure the whole linkage is steel and pretty sturdy too.
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I am still struggling to understand the comparison. Vectras are wrong wheel drive with 'F' series gearboxes. They use a pair of complex linkages to lift and twist the gear selector rod that pokes out of the box.
Omegas are rear wheel drive. They use R25/R28 gearboxes. An actuator rod pokes out of the back of the box and a short steel tube provides a direct link to the base of the gear lever.
There might be some bits of plastic in the gear lever but the Omega definitely doesn't use the same over-stressed piece of plastic on the base of the gear lever that 1980's Astras did :y